MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF C v COVENTRY C " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v COVENTRY CITY
Saturday 13th February, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 


Match to be played in front of no supporters, for information on how to watch the match on TV or to stream it - see below


Cardiff City: Dillon Phillips, Perry Ng, Curtis Nelson,Sean Morrison, Aden Flint,Joe Bennett
Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Harry Wilson, Josh Murphy & Kieffer Moore.

Subs: George Ratcliffe, Ciaron Brown,Joel Bagan, Tom Sang
Leandro Bacuna, Rubin Colwill,Mark Harris,Isaak Davies,Max Watters.





UPDATED TEAM NEWS:

NO JONNY WILLIAMS / NO ALEX SMITHIES.

Williams still injured, misses 3rd game in a row since signing.

Bacuna returns, will be back in the match day squad


Bacuna okay?

He’s fine. He’s trained fully today. He’s okay.

Mick McCarthy


Lee Tomlin now hopefully back in March.


Jordi Osei-Tutu has just said on Instagram live that he is back "at the end of the month"

Sadly Sol Bamba is seriously ill.


Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee, not likely this season.







BAD INJURIES FOR COVENTRY TEAM NEWS:


Star striker Matty Godden is out with a foot injury, as is winger Jodi Jones. Captain Liam Kelly also remains sidelined.

Ben Sheaf is a doubt with a hamstring issue, while Jordan Thompson suffered a nasty cut to his toe and it is doubtful he will return to action this weekend.

Fankaty Dabo is suffering medial knee ligament damage and will miss the clash.

However, Tyler Walker is set to be back involved for the first time this weekend since suffering a calf strain since at Sheffield Wednesday just before Christmas.

Goalkeeper Ben Wilson is back in contention having been missing following a positive Covid-19 test.

Amadou Bakayoko and Julien Dacosta are back in the fray, too, after the were considered doubts for the Bluebirds clash.


TEAM NEWS:


Joe Ralls ankle injury, so don’t know till Friday.

Alex Smithies, will be in the squad

Jonny Williams 50/50 injury, hopefully Coventry on Saturday will
Make the match day squad.


Lee Tomlin failed to make CCFC U23’s this week, so unlikely to start in the first team till March.


Jordi Osei-Tutu Out till March 1st.


Sadly Sol Bamba is seriously ill.


Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee, not likely this season.


How can I watch this match on TV?

This match is live on Cardiff City TV.

About Coventry City

Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. The club is nicknamed the Sky Blues because of the colour of their home strip. From 1899 to 2005, Coventry City played at Highfield Road. The 32,609-capacity Ricoh Arena was opened in August 2005 to replace Highfield Road. However, the club have left the Ricoh on two occasions and currently are groundsharing with Birmingham City at St Andrew's. Coventry contest M69 derby matches with local rivals Leicester City.

Coventry City formed as Singers F.C. in 1883 following a general meeting of the Singer Factory Gentleman's club. They adopted their current name in 1898 and joined the Southern League in 1908, before being elected into the Football League in 1919. Relegated in 1925, they returned to the Second Division as champions of the Third Division South and Third Division South Cup winners in 1935–36. Relegated in 1952, they won promotion in the inaugural Fourth Division season in 1958–59. Coventry reached the First Division after winning the Third Division title in 1963–64 and the Second Division title in 1966–67 under the management of Jimmy Hill. In the 1970–71 season, the team competed in the European Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, reaching the second round. Despite beating Bayern Munich 2–1 in the home leg, they had lost 6–1 in the first leg in Germany, and thus were eliminated.

Coventry's only period in the top division to date lasted 34 consecutive years between 1967 and 2001, and they were inaugural members of the Premier League in 1992. They won the FA Cup in 1987, the club's only major trophy, when they beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–2. They suffered further relegations in 2012 and 2017, though did manage to also win the EFL Trophy in 2017. Coventry returned to Wembley in 2018, beating Exeter City in the League Two play-off final. Manager Mark Robins built on this success and led the club to promotion back to the Championship as League One champions in 2020.

Previous Meeting 

We lost 1-0 at St Andrews in November

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Phillips, Ng, Nelson, Flint, Morrison, Bennett, Vaulks, Ralls, Wilson, Ojo, Moore

Coventry City: Marosi, Rose, Ostigard, Hyam, Da Costa, Allen, James, Hamer, McCallum, O'Hare, Biamou

Form - Last Three Games

Rotherham United 1-2 Cardiff City
Bristol City 0-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff City 1-1 Millwall

Coventry City 0-0 Watford
Coventry City 1-2 Nottingham Forest
Birmingham City 1-1 Coventry City

Match Odds

Cardiff City - Evens
Coventry City - 11/4
Draw - 5/2

Predictions

Post your predictions below 

Gonna go out on a limb and say a Bluebirds 2 clear goal win

TEAM NEWS:


Joe Ralls ankle injury, so don’t know till Friday.

Alex Smithies, will be in the squad

Jonny Williams 50/50 injury, hopefully Coventry on Saturday will
Make the match day squad.


Lee Tomlin failed to make CCFC U23’s this week, so unlikely to start in the first team till March.


Jordi Osei-Tutu Out Injured till 1st March.


Sadly Sol Bamba is seriously ill.


Isaac Vassell is the long-term absentee, not likely this season.

Cardiff to win 3-1

" NEW MANAGER MICK McCARTHY "




7pm Wed Jan 27th Barnsley 2 Cardiff City 2


Sat Jan 30 CARDIFF CITY 1 MILLWALL 1


Sat Feb 06 Bristol City 0 Cardiff City 2


Tue Feb 9. Rotherham 1 Cardiff City 2


Sat Feb 13 CARDIFF CITY v COVENTRY CITY



Tue Feb 16 Luton Town A 8.15pm live on Sky


Sat Feb 20 PRESTON NORTH END H

Wed Feb 24 AFC Bournemouth A

Sat Feb 27 Middlesbrough A

Tue Mar 02 DERBY COUNTY H

Sat Mar 06 Huddersfield Town A

Sat Mar 13 WATFORD H

Tue Mar 16 STOKE CITY H

Sat Mar 20 Swansea City A


Fri Apr 02 NOTTINGHAM FOREST H

Mon Apr 05 Sheffield Wednesday A

Sat Apr 10 BLACKBURN ROVERS H
Sat Apr 17 Reading A
Sat Apr 20 Brentford A
Sat Apr 24 WYCOMBE WANDERERS H

Sat May 01 Birmingham City A
Sat May 08 ROTHERHAM UNITED H

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Seventh by Saturday

3-0 City

I would have been delighted with a draw before our present form started. A draw will be a good result with a tinge of disappointment though. We just need to avoid defeats atm.

Seventh by Saturday

Just had a quick look at the fixtures and its very doable that.

Jordi Osei-Tutu has just said on Instagram live that he is back "at the end of the month"

UPDATED TEAM NEWS:

NO JONNY WILLIAMS / NO ALEX SMITHIES.

Williams still injured.

Bacuna okay?

He’s fine. He’s trained fully today. He’s okay.

Mick McCarthy

Mick McCarthy:


Alex Smithies, went down inside the opening 10 minutes of the Robins clash owing to feeling unwell.

He missed the 2-1 triumph up at New York Stadium on Tuesday night, too, with Dillon Phillips taking his place between the sticks.

And McCarthy revealed the mystery problem knocked City's No.1 for six.




Mick McCarthy:


"Whatever it was, of all the times to get a virus that isn’t coronavirus, it completely wiped him out," McCarthy said of Smithies.

"He’s not available, he’s out. It really took it out of him.

"On the upside, Dillon was excellent. You don’t want players missing, but when you get players replacing them you want them to have a good performance and he did.

"There is only one slot as a goalkeeper and he was very good at both games. When he came on against Bristol, especially when they launched a free kick straight at him when he came on. He was very good the other night against a very tough opposition at Rotherham."

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What are the odds?

Cardiff win: 21/20

Draw: 23/10

Coventry win: 13/5

BAD INJURIES FOR COVENTRY TEAM NEWS:



Star striker Matty Godden is out with a foot injury, as is winger Jodi Jones. Captain Liam Kelly also remains sidelined.

Ben Sheaf is a doubt with a hamstring issue, while Jordan Thompson suffered a nasty cut to his toe and it is doubtful he will return to action this weekend.

Fankaty Dabo is suffering medial knee ligament damage and will miss the clash.

However, Tyler Walker is set to be back involved for the first time this weekend since suffering a calf strain since at Sheffield Wednesday just before Christmas.

Goalkeeper Ben Wilson is back in contention having been missing following a positive Covid-19 test.

Amadou Bakayoko and Julien Dacosta are back in the fray, too, after the were considered doubts for the Bluebirds clash.

CCFC:



Jonny Williams and Alex Smithies will be unavailable again for this weekend's clash with Coventry City.

Williams sustained a training ground injury during his first week at the club and Mick McCarthy is hopeful this will be the last fixture he misses before stringing together a run of games until the end of the season.

Smithies, meanwhile, has still not fully recovered from a mystery illness which forced him off within 10 minutes against Bristol City last weekend. Dillon Phillips has deputised well, though, and will likely continue between the sticks.

There is some positive news, however, with Leandro Bacuna returning to the fold following his omission from the Rotherham win.

Jordi Osei-Tutu revealed on Instagram on Friday that he expects to be back in contention at the end of the month as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury.

Lee Tomlin is still working his way back to full fitness. He is expected back now in march.

Isaac Vassell remains a long-term absentee

Match facts:




Cardiff last hosted Coventry for a league match back in March 2012, a 2-2 draw in the Championship.



Coventry are looking for their first league double over Cardiff since the 1965/66 season.



Cardiff are unbeaten in all four of their Championship matches under Mick McCarthy so far, winning two and drawing two.


Coventry’s Callum O’Hare has three assists in his last four league appearances, as many as he managed in his first 53 league games for the Sky Blues.


Cardiff manager Mick McCarthy hasn’t faced Coventry in a league match since February 2009, losing 2-1 as Wolves manager in the Championship.

I would have been delighted with a draw before our present form started. A draw will be a good result with a tinge of disappointment though. We just need to avoid defeats atm.

Given that we now have a new manager have not lost for four games have won the last two are playing the team in 19th place in the table who are badly hit by injuries and have a minus eleven goal difference and we are at home I would say anything other than a win would be very disappointing. We are not in the midst of a six game losing streak under Harris and should expect better now. We have a bit of momentum now and anything other than a win stops that.

2-0 to The Bloobirds

Two changes - Marlon Pack & @joshmurphy65 come in.

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Cardiff City: Dillon Phillips, Perry Ng, Curtis Nelson,Sean Morrison, Aden Flint,Joe Bennett
Marlon Pack, Will Vaulks, Harry Wilson, Josh Murphy & Kieffer Moore.

Subs: George Ratcliffe, Ciaron Brown,Joel Bagan, Tom Sang
Leandro Bacuna, Rubin Colwill,Mark Harris,Isaak Davies,Max Watters.

One of the few remaining Josh Murphy fan club members.....C'mon Josh have a stormer. pleeeeeeze.
(I also have you to score any time )

Good experience for George Ratcliffe too be on the bench today

The club have great hopes for him...

BLUEBIRDS

Good experience for George Ratcliffe too be on the bench today

The club have great hopes for him...

Great experience Chris


A very young bench

One of the few remaining Josh Murphy fan club members.....C'mon Josh have a stormer. pleeeeeeze.
(I also have you to score any time )

I really want Josh to do well

Callum O'Hare gets the ball rolling here at the Cardiff City Stadium.

One of the few remaining Josh Murphy fan club members.....C'mon Josh have a stormer. pleeeeeeze.
(I also have you to score any time )

I really want Josh to do well

See, too! I think all positive Bluebirds would, Annis

First sight at goal for Cardiff as Wilson tees up Vaulks on the edge of the D. Hits it low and hard, but it's wide.

McCallum and Ng is already proving an interesting battle. Coventry man this time manages to get a cross away, but it's head clear by Nelson before Morrison mops up inside the box.